Person:Mary Hoyt (3)

From NEHGS Register, 1953, volume 107, p. 71: (Corrections) Her name is shown as HOYT in Stiles' "History of Windsor," 2:292, and in Savage's "Genealogical Dictionary" 2:418. The spelling HART, appearing in the Register 57:87, may be a mis-reading of the original text. The possibility exists that Mary may have been an unrecorded daughter of Reverend Ephraim Huit or of Simon Hoyt, both among the earliest settlers of Windsor. Note that the eldest daughter of both Rev. Ephraim and Luke were named Lydia.

One Bassett Family in America, pp 430- The Luke Hill Family Luke Hill, b. a. 1614; m. May 6, 1651 Mary Hoyt (b. ____; d. after husband); d. a. 1696 ae a 83 1651, May 6. Mary Hoyt's name comes to us on her wedding day at Windsor; but there is nothing else apparently at Windsor to show us who her parents were. At one time we were almost sure that she must be a child of Simon Hoyt who lived at Windsor from 1639 to about 1648 and then moved to Fairfield, Ct. He had a large family of 14 children which easily gave place toa daughter Mary. The Lyon Genealogy, however, shows that a daughter Mary Lyon turns up as Simon's heir on Dec. 21, 1701 in a letter to Gov. Winthrop of Mass. On this evidence we have released that Mary and leave it for future historians to locate our Mary.

1667, Apl. 22. Vol. II, p. 7 T V: At the meeting when Luke Hill made the "sad complaint" about the inadequate amount allowed him for keeping the Rivulet Ferry "his wife came in and sadly bemoaned the inconvenience we are upon," and her testimony helped to carry the meeting for the increase desired.

1693/4, Feb'y 26. Her husband in conditional deed to son John says: "desiring my sd sonne to be with me and to take yee care of me and his agged mother durring the full time of our life"...

1697, Oct. 11. Vol. VI, p. 18 C C: John Slater Senior of Hartford attests: "These may certifie this honored Court, that on that very day wherein the Widow Bement was Married to Arthur Henbery (1688) I was personally present with them, where upon sd Widow desired the afforsd Arthur henbury to declare before me and the Wif of Luke Hill senr, as I tuk it, the conditions which he promised her in case they were Married together." We have no later record than this of Mary Hoyt Hill. We estimate that she is now about 74 years old.

1. ↑ NEHGS. New England Historic Genealogical Society Register. (Boston, MA)
   vol. 107, p. 71 (1953).
2. ↑ Jackson, Ronald L.
   http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=erastes&id=I41585.